>It's either this or they have to static link! This would turn it into
>real big bloat-ware, it is very large. 5.0's installation program
>is more complete, but you still have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and,
>if you want their library cached, fix up /etc/ld.so.config.
And what is the difference between static linking, and dynamic
linking that requires a specially distributed shared library that
must be used?
I fail to see the difference. If the shared library isn't the
one that everything else on the system uses, then IT ISN'T
SHARED. In other words, if commercial program A required library
B to be used, and only program A is using it, then nothing is
sharing the library, and the application might as well statically
link in the first place as it will consume the same resources,
and perhaps be a bit slower due to dynamic linking.
>Of course, the best thing would be for them to provide source. In
>that case, it's `xmkmf` ; make makefiles ; make ; make install
>and then you are done.
Agreed, but unlikely.
-- Mike A. Harris Linux advocate GNU advocate Computer Consultant Open Source advocateThe DVORAK keyboard layout RULES! I memorized it in 45 minutes and I don't think I'm ever going back to QWERTY!
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